WHO officials stressed on October 24 that as winter approaches, the number of new crown cases and flu cases in Europe is increasing, and people must remain vigilant. WHO calls on more people to get vaccinated.
Hans Klug, director of the WHO European Regional Office, said at an online press conference that day: "It is not the time to relax."
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WHO European region covers 53 countries, including Russia and some Central Asian countries. Kluge said that starting this fall, the European region has once again become the "epicenten" of the new crown epidemic, and the number of new confirmed cases of the new crown is nearly 60% of the global total. During the same period, the number of seasonal influenza cases in this region is increasing to its peak.
WHO stressed that in the latest wave of the new crown epidemic, the number of deaths and hospitalized cases requiring intensive care increased faster than in previous waves of the epidemic, which is related to the popularization of new crown vaccination. “Vaccination remains one of our most effective tools to fight against influenza and the coronavirus,” Kluge said. He encourages suitable people to get influenza vaccine and COVID-19 vaccine enhancement injection as soon as possible.
October 24 is World Polio Day. AFP reported that this disease has been basically eliminated in Western countries, but the WHO reminds that in recent years, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic on basic vaccination services, the polio vaccination rate in some regions has declined, and scattered cases have occurred in the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries recently. By the end of 2021, only 25 countries in the European region have reached the target of 95% of the polio vaccination rate.
(Original title: Winter is coming, WHO says epidemic prevention is "not relaxed")
Source: CCTV News Client
Process Editor: TF063
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